Monkey-Shaped Aryballos (Oil Vessel)
c. 580 BCE
Diameter of mouth: 2 cm (13/16 in.); Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); Diameter of base: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.50
Perfume flasks in the form of a monkey are numerous, but few are as well made and preserved as this one. The flask was worn suspended from the wrist by a cord. Its owner would take it to the communal baths and anoint himself with its contents afterward. Such flasks have been f...
Artifact
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156119
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en
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accession
1991.5
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Terms
Culture
East Greek, probably Milesian
Technique
ceramic
Medium
ceramic
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Relations
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